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The Potomac Edison Company
The Potomac Edison Company served 252,583 residential customers in Maryland in 2025 (10.2% of the state's residential customers), the 3rd largest of 59 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority PJM.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of The Potomac Edison Company's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,114 kWh
- At 15.44¢/kWh
- $172
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 15.44¢ sits.
The Potomac Edison Company averaged 15.44¢ per kWh against a Maryland residential average of 19.48¢: 20.8% below the state figure. Among the 4 investor owned utilities in Maryland with bundled residential sales, it ranks 1st from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average The Potomac Edison Company home used 1,120 kWh a month at 10.73¢ and paid $120. In 2025 it used 1,114 kWh at 15.44¢ and paid $172: the price per kWh is up 43.9%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 10.73 | 15.44 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,120 | 1,114 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 120.17 | 172.04 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 252,583 | 3,377,875 | 15.44 |
| Commercial | 21,976 | 601,475 | 15.94 |
| Industrial | 1,089 | 74,538 | 16.91 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 83.3% of the electricity The Potomac Edison Company sold in Maryland in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
8,752 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 8,752installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 82.7 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 34.6installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
7 counties.
AlleganyCarrollFrederickGarrettHowardMontgomeryWashington
Counties in Maryland where The Potomac Edison Company reported serving customers in 2025 (7 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 15263
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 15.44 | ¢/kWh |
| Maryland average price | 19.48 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | -20.8 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 43.9 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,114 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 172.04 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 252,583 | accounts |
| Share of MD residential customers | 10.2 | % |
| Size rank in MD | 3 of 59 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 1 of 4 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
None shown for this page. Plan counts appear once per utility, on its largest state's bundled page; how plans are counted.